Watch Joe Straus during the 2nd special session if you want to know what it will feel like to have Dan Branch as an Attorney General.
Is Branch trustworthy? Watch Straus. Does Branch plan to serve the political class or the interests of Texas over the long haul? Watch Straus.
This is because Branch is Straus’s closest and most reliable partner in legislative crime – they are practically political twins – and Dan Branch wants to be your next Attorney General.
This is especially relevant since Branch may be facing Ken Paxton, should Paxton choose to join the AG race, as he is reportedly considering doing.
Paxton’s political track record is integrity. It is unusual for Texans to have such a choice for statewide office.
For years Branch has made a show of being Straus’s bulldog, Straus’s man.
Texans now have front row seats to watch them work at a time when Texans need to decide if they want to further entangle themselves with this clique.